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G. W. CLARK.

BOTTLE.

No. 307,630.. Patented Nov. 4, 1884.

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GEORGE Vf. CLARK, OF BROOKLYN, NFV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONF-HALF TO MICHAEL II. HAGER-TY, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE.

SFECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,630, dated November Application filed April 12, 1883.

To @Zwwm it may concern: i Be it known that l, Geenen W. Giganti, o

Brooklyn, in Kings county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement .relates to that kind of a stoppered bottle which, when opened by reinoving the cork or stopper-ing device and then inverted, will discharge its contents directly from its so-opened end, in contradistinction to a stoppcred bottle, the contents of which niust first pass through a siphon-t-ube or the like. The improvement consists in stoppered bottle having` in its bottoni a vent-aperture and a valve therefor, as hereinafter inore particularly recited and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lisA a central vertical section of a bottle embodying the improvement, and Fig. 2 is a similar section of a bottle embodying a modification ofthe improvement.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding` parts in both figures.

In Fig. l, A designates a bottle, of glass or other suitable material, having its bottoni swelled or extended up into the interior, and provided with a central hole or aperture, c.

B O designate a rent consisting of a bodypiece, I3, and securing-piece, C, applied tothe hole or aperture c of the bottle. rllie bodypiece B may be externally of (':ylindrical or other suitable forni, and has a neck which fits snugly into the hole or aperture c ofthe bottle, and a shoulder below the neck extending under the portion ofthe bottle adjacent to the said hole or aperture. The securing device C has a hub which enters the neck of the body-piece B, and a flange which extends over that portion of the inner side of the bottoni that is adjacent to the hole or aperture a. The hub of the securing-piece is externally screw-threaded, and the neck ofthe body-piece is internally screw-threaded for the purpose of securing the parts together and to the bottle. A washer, Z), of india-rubber or other suitable material, is interposed between the shoulder of the body-piece and the bottle, and a similar washer niay be interposed between (X0 model.)

the flange of the securing-piece and the bottle. The bod y-piece has a passage, c, extending longitudinally through it, and the securing-piece has a longitudinal passage, d, in line therewith, but inade preferably of smaller size.

In the lower part of the interior of the body-piece is a circumferential groove, e, in which is inserted a ringof india-rubber or analogous material, f. rlhis ring f forms al seat for a valve, D, which consists of a ball of 6o metal, india-rubbcr, or other suitable material. The valve ina-y be inserted through the lower end of the body-piece, andthe ring f A may be subsetpiently fitted into place. In the lower end ofthe securingpiece are a number 6 5 of radial grooves, g.

1When the bottle is filled and corked or otherwise closed, the pressure within it keeps the valve D down upon the seat f, and hence the vent is maintained closed; but when the 7o bottle is opened and liquid is poured out, the reduction of pressure enables the valve to fall from the seat Onto the end of the securingpiece. Owing to the grooves in the end of the securing-piece, the valve does not close the passage through it; hence air can enter the bottle so as to facilitate pouring out the liquid.

In Fig. 2 the bottle A has a differentlyshaped bottoni; hence the body-piece ofthe 8o vent is extended inte the bottle and the securing-piece is applied to the exterior. 'Ihe seatf for the valve is on the end ofthe securing-piece, and the ringj" is omitted from the body-piece, the latter having1 prongs 7L eX- 85 tending over its passage to prevent the valve :from dropping out.

By nly improvement the pouring Ofliquids under pressure from bottles Vis greatly facilitated, and I ani enabled to pour rhein out inuch 9o incre quietly than. when the air has to enter at the saine place whence the liquidiiows.

I do not wish to limit inyself to arranging the vent in the bottom, as it niay be arranged in other positions below the mouth.

I ain aware that a stoppered bottle having in its bottoni a vent-aperture controlled by an autornatically-opcrating valve is old, and the saine does not, broadly, constitute a part 0f my invention. roo

I am also aware that a stoppered bottle The combination, with a bottle, of a vent having in its bottom a vent-aperture Conf consisting of the body-piece B, provided with 1o trolled by an automatically-closing valve, and a valve-seat, securing-piece C, and valve D, means exterior to the bottle foir operating the substantially as specified.

5 valve, is old, and the same does not, broadly, GEORGE W. CLARK.

constitute a part of my invention. Witnesses:

What I claim as my invention, and desire to T. J. KEANE,

secure by Letters Patent, is- JAMEs R. BOWEN. 

